Chrome won't play .mp4 file

Question

I\'m trying to get HTML5 video to work. I am working off a local server.

Answer 1

Browsers like Internet Explorer and Safari support .H264 codec which plays mp4 files. Firefox support Theora codec which plays .ogv files. Chrome supports both .H264 and Theora. But to make your video works across all browser you need to encode your mp4 video into different formats using application like HandBrake. Then amke your code :

and also change your .htacess file to support videos

AddType video/mp4 mp4 m4v
AddType audio/mp4 m4a 
AddType video/ogg ogv
AddType audio/ogg ogg oga
AddType video/webm webm